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Commander Banned and Restricted Announcement – April 22, 2025
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I honestly don't see a reason to ever unban them. These three have been proven to be unsuitable for the format, and if people really want to play them, I don't see why they wouldn't just be made available in Tier 4. Or some Tier that has no banned cards for the people who want to play that way.
Not to mention that these cards were the heart of the entire controversy that ended the Commander Rules Committee and caused the death threats to come out from some players. That alone would be enough to me to never bring these cards back to the format ever again.
I had a player in my shop who wanted some banned commander to be playable. He whined about it every time he bought packs, every time we played. So we agreed to have a single night where there were no banned cards. He got his ass handed to him every which way. And mostly by banned cards.
Haha, I love that. Good lesson there lol